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Character guide · 15 books · 2006 to 2023 · Mostly set in the fictional Spilling, England

Sophie Hannah

Crime and mysteryThriller and suspensePolice proceduralGolden AgePsychological suspense

Sophie Hannah writes ingenious psychological crime. Her Culver Valley novels follow detectives Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer; she was also chosen by Agatha Christie's estate to write new Hercule Poirot mysteries, narrated by Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard.

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Sophie Hannah books in order

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Culver Valley

10 books · Set in the fictional Spilling, EnglandPsychological suspensePolice procedural
  1. 1Little Face2006Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Hurting Distance2007Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Point of Rescue2008Buy on Amazon
  4. 4The Other Half Lives2009Buy on Amazon
  5. 5A Room Swept White2010Buy on Amazon
  6. 6Lasting Damage2011Buy on Amazon
  7. 7Kind of Cruel2012Buy on Amazon
  8. 8The Carrier2013Buy on Amazon
  9. 9The Telling Error2014Buy on Amazon
  10. 10The Narrow Bed2016Buy on Amazon

New Poirot

5 books · Set in LondonGolden Age
  1. 1The Monogram Murders2014CrossoverWith Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot also appears in books by Agatha ChristieBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Closed Casket2016CrossoverWith Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot also appears in books by Agatha ChristieBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Mystery of Three Quarters2018CrossoverWith Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot also appears in books by Agatha ChristieBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Killings at Kingfisher Hill2020CrossoverWith Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot also appears in books by Agatha ChristieBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Hercule Poirot's Silent Night2023CrossoverWith Hercule PoirotHercule Poirot also appears in books by Agatha ChristieBuy on Amazon

Characters

4 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Culver Valley

Hercule Poirot